Athyrium nipponicum var. pictum 'Burgundy Lace' (Japanese painted fern 'Burgundy Lace')
Other names: Athyrium nipponicum var. pictum 'Burgundy Lace', Athyrium nipponicum f. metallicum 'Burgundy Lace', Athyrium 'Burgundy Lace'
'Burgundy Lace' is a rhizomatous, deciduous fern with finely-divided, pinnate, lance-shaped fronds in shades of burgundy, purple, pink and silver.
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1m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Matteuccia orientalis (Oriental ostrich fern)
Other names: Matteuccia japonica , Onoclea orientalis
M. orientalis is a deciduous fern with spreading, widely ovate, pinnate, bright green sterile fronds surrounding long, narrower, fertile fronds that emerge near black and turn reddish-brown in autumn.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Apple Court' (Japanese painted fern 'Apple Court')
Other names: Crested Japanese painted fern
'Apple Court' is a vigorous, clump-forming, rhizomatous, deciduous fern with reddish-purple stems bearing arching, triangular, bipinnate, crested, silvery grey-green fronds with reddish-purple midribs and veins.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Dryopteris erythrosora var. koidzumiana (Koidzuma's copper shield fern )
Other names: Koidzuma's wood fern, Dryopteris koidzumiana
D. erythrosora var. koidzumiana is a clump-forming, semi-evergreen to evergreen fern with triangular to broadly ovate, tri-pinnate fronds, copper-red to dark red when young, semi-glossy, mid- to dark green when mature.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.45m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Doodia media (Common rasp fern)
Other names: Rasp fern, Pukupuku, Hacksaw fern, Doodia australis
D. media is a tufted, borderline hardy, evergreen to semi-evergreen fern with arching, rough, leathery, lance-shaped, pinnate to pinnatifid, dark green fronds, red or pink when young.
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1.2m max. spread |
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0.4m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Woodwardia unigemmata (Asian chain fern)
W. unigemmata is a spreading, evergreen fern with arching, broadly lance-shaped, pinnate fronds, bright red when young, fading to brown, then maturing to green. Pinnae are curved, lance-shaped, and finely toothed.
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3m max. spread |
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1m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Red Beauty' (Japanese painted fern 'Red Beauty')
'Red Beauty' is a vigorous, clump-forming, rhizomatous, deciduous fern with reddish-purple stems bearing upright, triangular, bi- or tri-pinnate, silvery grey-green fronds with reddish-purple midribs and veins.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Blechnum brasiliense 'Volcano' (Dwarf Brazilian tree fern 'Volcano')
Other names: Deer fern 'Volcano', Red Brazilian tree fern 'Volcano'
'Volcano' is a tender, evergreen fern with upright, pinnate, oblong to lance-shaped, fronds divided into toothed, linear pinnae. Fronds are bright red to reddish-purple when young.
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.8m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Silver Falls' (Japanese painted fern 'Silver Falls')
Other names: Athyrium nipponicum var. pictum 'Silver Falls', Athyrium niponicum f. metallicum 'Silver Falls', Athyrium niponicum Silver Falls
'Silver Falls' is a rhizomatous, deciduous fern with arching, lance-shaped, bi- or tripinnate fronds divided into lance-shaped to ovate, silvery grey-green pinnae, flushed maroon at the midribs.
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1m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
Athyrium niponicum var. pictum 'Pewter Lace' (Japanese painted fern 'Pewter Lace')
Other names: Athyrium nipponicum var. pictum 'Pewter Lace', Athyrium niponicum f. metallicum 'Pewter Lace'
'Pewter Lace' is a rhizomatous, deciduous fern with finely-divided, pinnate, lance-shaped fronds in shades of burgundy, purple, silver and blue-green.
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1m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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